Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22
WHOLE NO. 1888.


equabiIity of climate"
Q.-Are there opportunities to embrace
educational privileges?
a'-Ihere Is school very near 1T hand,
and our educational system is abreast
OF that OF the common school system of
the State
Q.-What will the land accommodate as
to fruit?
A.-lop can raise any kind of fruit YOU
desire. Fer fruit-bearing trees and for
vines it is especially fine and requires no
irrigation.
Q.-What are the domestic water
sources
A.-The best and purest of cool drinking
water is drawn from our wells, and the
supply is abundant. We sink to depth
of from eighteen to twenty feet.
Q-What price is asked for the land?
A.-The whole, including all crops, only
S35 per acre, and let me add that | hon
estly believe that in less than FIVE wears
not an inch of shis tract can be bought
for cent less than at a rate of 500 per
acre.
ANoTHEE OPPORTUNITY
Q.-What other tract do you recon-
mend?
A-Well, if l ara. to discriminate, the
fact must not be taken as detrimental iudg-
ment to any omitted
Q.-Of course not. ask only for
samples, or types, to illustrate the claims
of the section.
A.-Well, on Stony creek | would call
attention of the inquirer to a 640-acre
piece, with good farm buildings upon it, q
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supply of good water at fifteen feet, a
school within a half mile, and only two
and one-half miles from Orland. The
land has averaged over twenty bushels of
wheat to the acre, and will raise any kind
of fruit or vines. 1t is for sale, including
all crops, at the same figure-$35 per acre.
Q.-My purpose will be better attained
to have you name still others.
Am opportunity to secure 4 fine
home is afforded in tract also on Stony
creek, only mile and half ont of town.
On the place is house of six rooms, a
windmill and tank, and water in pipes all
through the house The yard contains an
abundance of choice shrubbery, 200 bear
ing vines of choice table grapes, 800 choice
assorted fruit trees in bearing. ten acres in
alfalfa, go acres summer fallow, the whole
place in ship-shape condition, and all goes
for only thirty dollars per acre
Q.-Can you give me one more example?
A.-Yes. | have another tract at this
price four miles from here. This consists of
ONE THOUSAND ACRES
OF sandy loan, with plenty of living
water. 1t is all under cultivation, and has
been used for wheat, averaging over twenty
bushels to the acre, but is the choicest kind
of vine land. On this place, 800 acres of
which are we'll fenced, is good house and
barn, windmill, blacksmith shop, and q
warehouse and railroad switch on one
corner.
Q-And these are fair specimens?
A.-Certainly. I'd be very careful to
give you any not truly representative, or
that are exceptional. Yes, this will give
a good idea of the class of lands held here
at these figures, and as you wish it will
also mention 4 piece of 400 acres all under
cultivation, five miles from town. This
tract consists of light adobe, and is well
adapted for fruit and vines, and 300 acres
of this is summer-falloWed and seeded TO
wheat, and this for only twenty-five
dollars per acre.
Q-Mr. Spect, have you any places
suited to purchasers of smaller means
For you must know that there is coming
on demand from that class, and that it is
Californias interest to conserve and en-
courage it.
A.-Certainly, | know and appreciate that
truth. This will serve to show you what we
can do in that line. have tract of
eighty acres only a mile and quarter
from here, all under cultivation 1t is a
gravelly adobe, first-class for trees and
vines and has produced sixteen bushels of
wheat to the acre, and twenty -four bushels
of barley. It has house of five rooms.
chicken house and barn, and u splendid
well of water, and | assure you this place,
over half of which is summer fallowed
and seeded, is for safe for only fifteen hun
dred dollars
Q.-But the world will say, if these
lands are so desirable, why are they for
sale at such prices?
A.-Have you considered cur vast area
and the almost impossibility Of cornering
lands in such an empire of valley and foot
hill?
Q.-Nery true, and add to that that we
put atop the soil of California climatic
conditions that put atop the lands of the
East would make them worth ten times
what is asked in California Name still
other pieces, pleased
A.-Another? Well, there is one of
$50 acres of the very best fruit
and vine land five miles from Orland, and
only two miles from warehouse and rail
road switch 1t has Il good house of six
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This land is for sale at twenty dollars per
acre.
Q.-How about lands further from town?
A.-Well, we have them at lower figures.
One thousand acres of rolling adobe fruit
and vine land thirteen miles from here,
with good improvements and plenty Of
living water, Is offered for SO per acre.
Q-You appear to be able to respond to
almost any demand. Suppose 4 capitalist
was seeking investment, what could you
offer him worthy of careful investigation?
Ave have no lack of opportunities in
that line Twelve miles from here we
have $4,000 acres, one-half of which is
rolling adobe hills the remainder bottom
land. There are two. sets of fine farm
buildings, plenty Of living water, all cap
able of cultivation, Just the land for fruit
and vines, much of the land worth fifty
dollars per acre, and the price asked for it
to-day is less than one-third, viz: Just S15
per acre. This is without doubt one of the
best opportunities for investment in the
State.
Q-These prices You speak of-are they
all cash down?
A.-No, not by any means. In fact,
most of them can be had for small first
payment, with the balance in easy pay
ments at low rate Of interest.
SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, ETC
TO those who locate their homes in the
section here more specially referred to,
there will be found excellent educational
advantages In fact, there is no State in
the Union that has more literally pro-
vided for the proper education of the ris-
ing generation than California. Her
schools are amply furnished, the teachers
well paid, school library provided at pub
lie expense, and every attention given 70
maintaining the most proficient system of
mental training Of the youth that legisla-
tors and educators have been able TO de-
wise. In addition to the public schools,
Orland has fine Normal boarding college